France called for “avoiding escalation of tensions” after the Damascus attack
| France, which refused to condemn the Zionist regime's attack on the Iranian consular building in Damascus, called in a statement to avoid escalation of tensions. |
According to the international group Tasnim News Agency, the French Foreign Ministry announced that Paris needs to avoid escalation Tensions are heightened after Israel’s attack on Iran’s consular building in Damascus, and calls for restraint from all sides.
The French government, along with the United Kingdom and the United States, was one of the countries that refused to condemn Israel’s attack at the Security Council meeting to review this attack. On Wednesday, the United Nations Security Council opposed the approval of the Russian statement in which the Zionist regime’s attack on the Iranian consular building was condemned.
The approval of press statements in the Security Council requires the consensus of 15 members of this council. The United States told Security Council members that many facts about Monday’s attack in Damascus were unclear, Western diplomats told Reuters. France and Britain supported this position.
On Wednesday, the spokesman of the German Foreign Ministry avoided condemning the attack of the Zionist regime in a press conference. Sebastian Fischer, the spokesman of the German diplomatic service, expressed doubts about Israel’s role in that attack in the group of German media reporters.
On Monday, April 13, Israeli warplanes attacked the building affiliated to the Iranian embassy in Syria. Hossein Akbari, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Syria, said that this attack was carried out with an F-35 fighter and six missiles.
In an announcement hours later, the Revolutionary Guards published earlier reports about the martyrdom of generals Mohammad Reza Zahedi and Mohammad Hadi Haj Rahimi and five of their companions. confirmed this attack. This attack has been opposed by various countries and authorities.
Turkey, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, UAE, Tunisia, Egypt, Venezuela, Cuba, China, Russia and several Other countries and international personalities have condemned Israel’s actions.
Dmitry Polyansky, Russia’s deputy representative to the United Nations, said in a message on X channel about the obstruction of Western countries from ratifying this statement: “This issue is a clear example of standards The duality of the Western “Troika” and their real approach and not their declarative approach to rule of law and order in the international space. It describes the diplomatic or consular mission used as “invulnerable”.
| © | Webangah News Hub has translated this news from the source of Tasnim News Agency |
